摘要:This well-edited compilation of 18 chapters is drawn from paperspresented at a workshop sponsored by the European Union (EU), held inSeptember 1996. Contributors include economists, sociologists, politicaland natural scientists. Although the volume is primarily concerned withagri-environmental policy in EU countries, several of the chapters aregeneral enough to be of wider interest. The editors o.er the chapters `as acontribution to future debates in this vital and dynamic policy ¢eld'.Australian readers will also ¢nd that some of the case studies provideuseful comparisons with local rural environmental issues.